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Terga

Tergum \Ter"gum\, n.; pl. Terga. [L., the back.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. The back of an animal.

  2. The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.

  3. One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

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Usage examples of "terga".

He was rumored to have been quite the philanderer, yet he devotedly wrote adoring letters home to his wife and four daughters living on Terga VII.